In 2020, TV show host Love Island Caroline Flack († 40) committed suicide before a court hearing where she was to face charges of assaulting her boyfriend. However, her mother insists that her daughter’s death is due to the misconduct of investigators and prosecutors. , believes that if they did the right thing, the deceased star would still be alive.
- Presenter Caroline Flack took her own life ahead of the February 2020 hearing.
- Her mother accused the authorities of serious errors in the investigation.
- The former prosecutor indicated that the prosecution was not sufficiently justified.
In December 2019, news surfaced that Caroline punched her boyfriend Lewis Burton when she wanted to confront him about his possible infidelity. The presenter of the reality show Love Island she claimed from the beginning that she hit him with the phone. In the following weeks, photos from the crime scene appeared in the media showing the bed covered in blood. It turns out that it actually belonged to Caroline, who injured herself during the altercation.
The case began to be solved by the British public prosecutor’s office, which initially demanded a warning for Caroline. After questioning, however, the Metropolitan Police accused the presenter of assault, which the prosecutor’s office eventually accepted. This decision destroyed her mental health and she finally decided to take her own life before the trial. “Please let this case be over and Lewis and I can finally find peace,” read the note Caroline left in her apartment.
Caroline is believed to have died the day before she was due to appear in court. The police report states that she overdosed on pills and washed them down with alcohol. At the time she wrote to her best friend Mollie. “It won’t be a fair trial. I don’t think I can handle the shame,” she clarified. When she learned the case would continue on February 13, she sent her another text saying: “My life is over. My head is about to explode.”
At the end of December, after the accusation, the legal team decided to send the presenter to a psychiatrist. “We delivered a report to the prosecutor’s office that said she was not mentally fit to go through with it. We had expert analysis but they ignored it,” her agent Louisa Booth explained.
According to her mother, the authorities must have made a mistake
Her mother Christine never came to terms with her daughter’s death. She began to conduct her own investigation, in which she pointed out the wrong decisions of the prosecutors and the police. According to her, the negative information together with the pressure from the authorities made Caroline feel that there was no other way out than suicide. “They don’t want to admit they were wrong to push for her to be prosecuted. My daughter died because of a mistake by the police“, she stated.
In a new documentary, Christine speaks to high-ranking lawyers who agree that the presenter should have only received a reprimand. “Having reviewed all your evidence, I don’t understand why they rushed to judgment. This was a case with no prior history or coercive behaviour. It was a one time situation where she lost her temper. Therefore, I believe that the worst punishment should have been a warning,” said former chief prosecutor Nazir Afzal, who studied the documents collected from Christine.
The prosecutor added that the prosecution should have been terminated due to lack of evidence. “I’ve handled thousands of cases like this and none of it makes any sense. Multiple prosecutors would find this case going nowhere. There’s no reason to pursue a case unless they’re afraid of what the media will say about them. My opinion is that Caroline would still be with us if some questionable decisions were not made during that time“, he emphasized.
Despite the accusations of the presenter’s mother, the Metropolitan Police insists that it did not make any mistakes during the investigation. “All decisions were made based on the available medical opinion. A person’s status never affects whether a case will be resolved,” the British Crown Prosecution Service said in a statement.
